Garment hanger



May 5, 1931. I. LEVIN 1,803,856

GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 27, 1929 J J 4460M BYXY. .J AW

NVENTOR Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES ISAAC LEVIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK GARMENT HANGER Application filed November 27, 1929. Serial No. 410,012.

This invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to the suspension hook therefor.

One of the important objects of the inven- 5 tion is to provide a wooden garment hanger with a suspension hook that will not become loose and turn in the hanger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger hook, made of a single 10 strip of wire bent back and twisted upon itself partway and terminating in a pair of parallel spaced apart legs adapted to be inserted into openings in the hanger and secured therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger with a hook having a smooth end to prevent the user from acci dentally cutting his hand thereon.

Another object is to produce a hanger of the character described in which the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and corelation of parts herein fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claim.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger.

Figure 2 is a detail view of the hook forming wire after being twisted, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the hook before insertion into the hanger.

One of the objections to the wooden coat hangers now in the market is that the suspension hooks become loose and rotate so that they are out of proper alinernent with the bars or racks from which they are suspended, thus causing a considerable loss of time of salespeople and clerks in bringing the said hooks into alinement.

Another great objection to the said hangers is that the suspension hooks terminate in rough ends veryoften lacerating the hands of those handling the hangers.

Many attempts have been made to overcome these objectionable features, but even after adding to the cost of the hangers by providing so called turning prevention means the hooks still become loose and rotate. Likewise where the hanger is m'ade of a pair of shoulder pieces with the suspension hook passing through an opening in one of the shoulder pieces, corrugated metallic fastener strips are driven into the sections across their juncture, very often splitting the said sections so badly that the entire hanger must be thrown away.

To obviate these difliculties and objectionable features I have provided a suspension hook made of a single strip of wire bent at the center to form a pair of parallel legs which I twist together over a length sufficient to form a hook or eye portion; leaving the extreme ends of the wire untwisted and separated to form legs or extensions adapted to -ii pass through an opening in each of the shoulder portions near their juncture and twist the protruding ends so as to tie the said shoulder pieces together after which the remaining portions of the legs are bent back against the inner surface of the shoulder pieces.

Referring now to the drawings in detail 5 indicates a garment hanger, comprising two shoulder supporting sections 6 and 7 respectively, joined near their bottom by a cross 9,5

bar 8. The said shoulder supporting sections are each provided with a hole or opening 9 near their uncture 10. Through the said opening 9 I pass the ends or legs 11 of a member 12 made of a single strand or strip of suit: 3

able wire bent at the center thereof forming a smooth edged loop 13 and then twisted about itself for a distance long enough to form a reinforced hook or eye portion 14.

To form a smooth edge at the top of the hanger, portions 15 at the top of the legs 11 are forced into the wooden shoulder pieces, after which the ends of the legs are twisted once or twice as at 16 and the extreme ends of these legs are bent back against the lower surfaces of the shoulder supporting sections 6 and 7. If desired the extreme ends of these legs may be twisted through their entire length and then formed into a ring or eye from which any article (of wearing apparel may be suspended.

From the foregoing itwill be seen that I have produced a garment hanger made of two sections abutting each other and provided with an opening near each of the abutting surfaces, and ahook member for said hanger made of a single strip of wire bent and twisted about itself to provide a smooth end at the hook portion and having a pair of legs adapted to pass through the openings in the hanger sections to tie them together and prevent the hook member from rotating in the hanger.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A garment hanger comprising a pair of sections abutting each other, each of the sections being provided with an opening near its abutting surface, a suspension hook, and a pair of legs on the said suspension hook passing through the said openings and twisted to tie the said hanger sections together.

ISAAC LEVIN. 

